J Sainsbury Plc
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Company Profile
UK supermarket group J Sainsbury was originally founded in Drury Lane, London, in 1869. The group began life as listed company in 1973, which at the time was the UK's largest ever flotation. The group has moved into financial services with the establishment of Sainsbury's Bank.
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Board of Directors
David Tyler
Chairman
Appointed to the Board on 1 October 2009, David became Chairman on 1 November 2009. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of Hammerson PLC and a Non-Executive Director of Burberry Group PLC. He was previously Finance Director of GUS PLC (1997-2006) and has held senior financial and general management roles with Christie’s International PLC (1989-96), County NatWest Limited (1986-89) and Unilever PLC (1974-86). He was Chairman of Logica PLC (2006-12) and of 3i Quoted Private Equity PLC (2007-09), and a Non-Executive Director of Experian PLC (2006-12) and of Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (2007-09). He has also been Chairman of Hampstead Theatre since 2012.
Mike Coupe
Chief Executive
Appointed Chief Executive on 9 July 2014. He has been a member of the Operating Board since October 2004 and an Executive Director since 1 August 2007. He joined Sainsbury’s from Big Food Group where he was a Board Director of Big Food Group plc and Managing Director of Iceland Food Stores. He previously worked for both ASDA and Tesco, where he served in a variety of senior management roles. Mike was appointed to the board of directors of I2C at its inception and he is also a Non-Executive Director at Greene King plc.
John Rogers
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed Chief Financial Officer on 19 July 2010, John is also a member of the Board of Sainsbury’s Bank plc. John joined Sainsbury\'s in November 2005 as Director of Corporate Finance and then became Director of Group Finance from March 2007 to July 2008. In July 2008, he was appointed to the Operating Board as Property Director. John is co-chair of the Chief Financial Officer Leadership Network, established by the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Project founded by HRH The Prince of Wales and is a Non-Executive Director of Travis Perkins plc. Prior to Sainsbury\'s, John was Group Finance Director for Hanover Acceptances, a diversified corporation with wholly owned subsidiaries in the food manufacturing, real estate and agri-business sectors.
Matt Brittin
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 27 January 2011, Matt is Google’s President – Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before joining Google to run its UK operations at the start of 2007, Matt spent much of his career in media and marketing, with particular interests in strategy, commercial development and sales performance. This included commercial and digital leadership roles in UK media. He is also a Director of two charities, The Climate Group and The Media Trust.
Mary Harris
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 1 August 2007, Mary is a member of the supervisory boards of TNT Express NV, Unibail-Rodamco S.E. and Scotch & Soda NV. Mary is a Non-Executive Director of ITV plc and a Non-Executive Director of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc. She previously spent much of her career with McKinsey & Company, most recently as a partner, where she worked primarily with retail/consumer clients in China, South East Asia and Europe. Her previous work experience includes working for PepsiCo in Greece and the UK, as a sales and marketing executive.
David Keens
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 27 April 2015, David was formerly Group Finance Director of NEXT plc (1991-2015) and their Group Treasurer (1986-1991). Previous management experience includes nine years in the UK and overseas operations of multinational food manufacturer Nabisco (1977-1986) and prior to that seven years in the accountancy profession.
John McAdam
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 1 September 2005, John is the Senior Independent Director. He is Chairman of Rentokil Initial plc and United Utilities plc and also a Non-Executive Director of Rolls-Royce Group plc. John joined Unilever PLC as a management trainee in 1974 and went on to hold a number of senior positions in Birds Eye Walls, Quest and Unichema, before the sale of the Specialty Chemical Businesses to ICI in 1997. He was Chief Executive of ICI plc, until its sale to Akzo Nobel, and was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Sara Lee Corporation (2008-12) and Severn Trent Plc (2000-05).
Jean Tomlin
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 1 January 2013, Jean is an Independent Board member of Michael Kors Holdings Limited, Join in Trust and Step up to Serve. Formerly, she was the HR Director for The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games where she oversaw the creation and execution of the hugely successful Games Maker volunteering programme. She was previously Group HR Director at Marks and Spencer Group plc, HR Director and Founder member of Egg plc and Sales & Operations Director of Prudential Direct.
Susan Rice
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board on 1 June 2013. Susan is also Managing Director of Lloyds Banking Group Scotland, a Non-Executive Director of Big Society Capital Ltd and of the National Council of Universities and Business. She is the first chairman of Scotland’s first Fiscal Commission. She also chairs the Boards of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Edinburgh Festivals Forum and the Governors of the National Galleries of Scotland. Susan was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Bank of England (2007 – 2014) SSE plc (2003 – 2014) and Scotland’s Futures Forum.